Since 1983 softelec is a world leader in Raster Cleaning and Raster + Vector (=Hybrid) Editing, Raster to Vector Conversion (R2V), Tracing, and Index-to-Archiv solutions for scanned drawings and maps. Thousands of users around the world are applying the intuitive VPHybridCAD products for their drawings' capture, revision and digital integration. While directly interfacing and controling Vidar large format scanners, VPHybridCAD software is the perfect solution to complement Vidar's leading scanning technology.

VPHybridCAD solution family, VPmap and VPindex benefits all industrial, engineering and document management areas, such as Automotive, Building Construction, Cadastral, Civil Engineering, Energy, GIS, Mechanical, Reprographics, etc. softelec's vast and growing client base ranges from small engineering offices to multi-national industry leaders.

CAD / GIS:

VPHybridCAD software products support any format in color, grey-scale and b/w, by serving all Windows, AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT platforms (a single license serves three platforms). Any feasible operation on scanned images can be performed: CAD-like raster element editing in one click, full drawing clean-up, multi-point scaling calibration and formatting, intelligent color reduction, conversion to and from vectors. VPHybridCAD provide the most advanced solutions to save on revision and conversion costs in a digital drawing system.

GIS:

VPmap bridges the gap between raw mapping material and intelligent geographical information systems (GIS). With a few clicks, scanned images will be cleaned, rubber-sheeted, and geo-referenced. Interactive polygon and polyline tracing with intelligent recognition algorithms shorten the time consuming efforts of manual digitization massively. In the same process, it is possible to automatically assign attributes to the recognized entities/objects. VPmap provides even attribute query functions with visualization of results. The flexible interface design enables import from and export to various Geographic Information System platforms, like MAPinfo, ArcInfo, or AutoCAD Map.

EDM / DMS:

Increasingly, organizations are realizing the value of their legacy documents and seek to have them easily retrievable within a digital distribution system. With VPindex, hundreds of scanned drawings can be prepared for and transferred to a digital archive’s database with a couple of clicks. VPindex identifies and captures contents of title blocks automatically. The program responds to the needs that originate in the transition from paper archives to digital storage of technical drawings.